Welcome to Open House

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Welcome to Open House

• Mary Jane Shafto
• English Teacher
• Shaftom_at_howellschools.com
• 517-548-6267

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Introducing Mary Jane Shafto

• Bachelors in English
• MSU
• Masters in Art of Teaching
• Marygrove College
• Fourteen Years Teaching in Howell
• Married with two sons

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9th Grade English Course Outline

• TEXT
• Prentice Hall Literature Gold
• LITERATURE
• Short story unit
• Drama Romeo and Juliet
• Novel Lord of the Flies, Green Angel,
  Great Expectations
• Epic The Odyssey

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Writing Development

• Parts of Speech
• Writing Process
• 5 Paragraph Essay
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Sentence Variety

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Novel Studies

• 1st semester book report
• Literary Circles
• 2nd semester book report

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SUPPLIES

• 3 Ring binder with dividers
• Pens
• Pencils
• Notebook paper
• Planner/Agenda

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GRADING

• Webgrader
• On-line grade book
• Parents can access grades from home
• Grades are calculated on a straight point scale.
• ½ credit earned for each semester.
• Semester Grade 40 1st quarter 40 2nd
  quarter 20 final exam